DEMOCRATS: Five and Still Counting

The message of the campaign brochure was
slick and soothing: "Bentsen. He dreams dreams. But he doesn't chase
rainbows." In announcing his candidacy last week for the 1976
Democratic presidential nomination, Senator Lloyd Bentsen of Texas was
nonetheless pursuing a decided long shot. He made the announcement
first in the Senate Caucus Room in Washington, then on the same day
flew down for an instant replay for the home folks at Houston's Rice
Hotel. Bentsen, 54, became the fifth Democrat on a list that could
contain more than ten names before the...